Nature and social theory / Adrian Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology.

Nature--Social aspects.

Nature.

Social ecology.

Physical Description:

274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage, 2002.

Summary:

This book asks the questions can Man' be separated from Nature'? Is it valid to seek to control' Nature? It argues that the firm modern boundaries between nature and culture have been breached and pulls together new strands of thinking about nature which suggest that humanity and nature have never been separate. The argument is developed through a critical discussion of the Romantic ideal of pure nature, unsullied by humanity and largely confined to fragile margins in need of protection and more recent discourses which identify nature with environment, and cast man in the role of a polluter and destroyer.

Wide ranging, full of piercing insights and novel propositions, the book will be of interest to students of sociology, environmental studies and cultural studies.

Written with clarity and sophistication, it is not just an original argument about relationships of nature and culture, but also a useful text' - "Keith Tester, University of Portsmouth"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761963782

0761963774

OCLC:

48572608